One of the best football clubs that have come out of Germany, the Hamburg Football Club has a history and tradition that truly gives it a royalty status. Apart from being the only team to have not been relegated from top flight football in Germany, Hamburg FC has been featuring in tournaments all across the world bagging a number of trophies and constantly playing good aggressive football in Europe.

The club won the UEFA Champions League (European Cup formerly) in 1983 and were the runners up back in the 1980 edition. Hamburg FC have won the European Cup Winners Cup once and stood at the runners up podium as well. Having won the inter toto cup twice, Hamburg FC has also been a runner up once in the UEFA Cup.

At the national level, Hamburg FC’s record is a treat to take a look at. They have been the champions of Germany a total of 5 times with victories in the Bundesliga thrice. On eight separate occasions they have been the runners up as well along with some exceptional performances in the German Cup where they have won the trophy three times along with three campaigns in which they were the runners up.

Founded in 1887, Hamburg SV football club is a multi sport club based out of Hamburg, Germany like a lot of other clubs and has its football department famous all across the globe because of its consistency over the years.

The only German club not to have been relegated from the top flight German football ever since world war 1, Hamburg FC is the only club to have played in every single edition of the Bundesliga ever since it’s beginning back in 1963. The team play their home games at the Imtech arena which has a capacity exceeding 57,000. On the pitch the Hamburg FC players are seen in a red & white kit and the away games usually see them wearing a blue& white kit.

Often referred to as “Red Shirts” because of the color of their Kit, Hamburg FC currently have a care taking administration with its chairman and manager both working in the capacity of care takers. The club is known to have a diehard fan base who have been supporting the club for generations and continue to do so. Hence a lot of the clubs outside Europe and from within Germany often find playing at the Imtech Arena slightly intimidating.

VFL Wolfsburg are normally known to be one hit wonders since they came out of nowhere to clinch a Bundesliga title which caused a wave of shock not only in Germany but globally. The club has never been known to be big performers and their record suggests that as well.

The highest point for Wolfsburg football club came within the 2008-2009 season when they performed exceptionally well and won the Bundesliga title beating sides of the caliber of Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkeusen and other big boys of German football. Having won the Bundesliga title many of us would have thought the club would have done really well in other national tournaments if not in Europe but in reality even that picture is gloomy. In DFB-Pokal which is also at times known as the German national cup, VFL Wolfsburg football club have only been runners up once in the 1994-1995 season.

Over the years, the club has won a few amateur tournaments though such is not a performance associated with a club that has been the champions of Germany. In the midst of all this, one thing is very positive, VFL Wolsburg have been performing exceptionally well within the youth circuit in the recent years which only testifies that the club has a really bright future ahead.

Vfl Wolfsburg football club is a German division one football club. The club formed in 1945 started out as just a healthy sporting activity for the famous German automakers, Volkswagen. The club was first named as BSG Volkswagenwerk Stadt des KdF-Wage, it later changed its name to VSK Wolfsburg. The present name Vfl Wolfsburg FC was adopted under strange circumstances when the players decided to join the rivals 1 FC Wolfsburg except Josef Meyer who together with Willi Hibert laid the foundations of present day Wolfsburg. In 1946 the team was officially sponsored by Volkswagen.

The club official kit is traditionally white and green. The colors were selected when the local trainer decided to use the green shirts with white shorts sewed from bed sheets donated by the club. Wolfsburg or simply Wolves play their home games at Volkswagen-Arena with the capacity of 30,000.

The club won its only league title on the last day of 2008 – 2009 season when they beat Werder Bermen 5-1. The club finished with 69 points, 2 ahead of German giants Bayern Munich FC. This title winning Wolfsburg team was full of talent with the likes of Grafite and Edin Dzeko under the watchful eyes of Felix Magath. This German club has huge fan following.

Out of the many clubs that play out Germany, the Werder Bremen football club is one of the most decorated football clubs who have had a big impact on the local football scene with a consistently evolving side thanks to a great youth program in place.

At the national level, the club has been the champions of Germany 4 times and on 7 different occasions they have been the runners up. With a second division title which they won once they have also performed supremely well within the DFB-Pokal tournament which is the German equivalent for the English FA cup. Having won the prestigious national trophy 6 times, they have been the runners up 4 times. At the European level, Werder Bremen football club have one UEFA Cup winner’ Cup, one Inter toto Cup and have stood runners up in one edition of the UEFA Cup in 2009. The club has recently been one of the best performing clubs in Germany and it has been due to some great players that have sweated on the pitch and practice continuously to bring a smile to the fans faces. A few players of note that play for the club are Torsten Frings, Tim Borowski, Mikel Silvestre and many more.

Based out of Bremen, Germany and formed in 1899, SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club that is most famous for its football division. A member based club, it has a following which is in excess of 39000 and growing.

Werder Bremen football club play in the top flight German Bundesliga and has been one of the most consistent clubs who have come out of Germany. Often referred to as ‘The River Islanders’, the club plays its home games at the beautiful Weserstadion Bremen and has a capacity which is close to 43,000. The stadium has not only hosted some big European clubs over the years but has also been a venue for a number of international matches. Werder Bremen FC wear a beautiful green color kit for their home games and the away games are mostly played in a white kit and occasionally in orange attire which makes the team look more vibrant and exciting. The club has a historic rivalry with Hamburg SV but pretty recently they have developed a strong disliking for Schalke 04 football club since it has been luring big named players from the club. The players and the management are not subjected to unnecessary media attention and hence the team normally focus on some high quality football which makes them a real good football club to follow.

VFB Stuttgart, like a lot of other German clubs is a multi sports club that is based in the city of Stuttgart and is best known for its football team.Founded in 1893, it is one of the most consistent football clubs in Germany who have performed exceptionally national and internationally.

Football became a part of the VFB Stuttgart sports club in 1908 where they attracted local talent from schools and colleges. The home games are played at the Mercedes-Benz arena which was built in 1933 and is in close proximity to the new Mercedes-Benz factory. A series of refurbishments took the stadium to a stage where it’s seating capacity was increased to around 56000. Apart from the club games, the Mercedes-Benz arena has regularly hosted international matches including a few fixtures in the world cup.

Red seems to be a prominent color for VFB Stuttgart since all their kits, home or away have a tinge of red in it. The home kit is a nice amalgamation of red and white and the away kits are normally black and red.

The club is a membership based club with the current membership just exceeding the 45000 mark making it one of the largest sports clubs in the country.